Peter Downer Photography

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According to the song, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. However, i think for photographers, Autumn is the most wonderful time. There is plenty of colour as nature prepares for winter, and when its not raining in the south of England, its a lovely time to walk in the woods and enjoy […]

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Today I went to the New Forest, to a place called Bolderwood. Bolderwood is a popular place so I got there just as the sun rose, though the weather was grey and overcast with spots of rain. Bolderwood is famous for two things; its arboretum and the deer sanctuary. I was not there for deer […]

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Mushroom in the woods

Today I went again to Eartham Woods. I knew I would not have long because the weather forecast was only goodish for a few hours. It’s still fungi season and there were plenty about, but I really struggled to find something that enthused me. Eventually I came across a small group of Fungi that had […]

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Glowing Mushrooms

It’s that time of year when I love to get out into the countryside and capture images of fungi. I am always amazed at how many types there are in the woodland near where I live. The great thing about fungi is that they are fairly rigid and therefore can stand up to all but […]

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I am not usually one to get pulled into anything on Facebook but recently I noticed an advert that kept appearing inviting photographers to give Saal Digital’s photobooks a test. The premise was tempting, they would provide a voucher to cover the cost of one of their Professional ranges of Photo Books in return for […]

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I am always trying out different techniques and enjoy learning new things to grow my photography skillset. One such technique is focus stacking. Focus stacking is a method of taking multiple images of the same scene but with different points of focus and combining them to maximise and control the depth of field within the […]

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After seeing some awesome photographs of the Milky Way, presented as a night time landscape commonly known as nightscape, I decided I wanted to try to capture a nightscape of my own. As is my usual method I began to research online what I needed to know to create such a shot. There are many […]

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Pulpit Rock

Last November, a friend of mine from the local camera club joined me for a day out taking photos. We had managed to schedule a day for just making images which is always a treat and should happen more often. We headed down to the Isle of Purbeck (Dorset) with a few loose ideas of […]

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